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The trees and the photos are all fabulous- I am enjoying them immensely. Please keep them coming, and enjoy the fact that you are cruising and I am living vicariously. Thank you, Thank you!

And the bananas near the ketchup!

 

You are not giving the mayo any credit- remember, both the ketchup and the mayo were praised at one point for taking the poor bananas in after they were sent away from the rest of the fruits. It was apparently humiliating for the bananas.

Are we REALLY this petty? Do passengers REALLY think they are so superior? I have no words. I would welcome the gents (working all night to make our experience better) to help themselves to a cup of coffee. I do believe in karma....

Daniel was our Genie last week on Allure, and he was fabulous. Lots of little surprises, very attentive, found us whatever we wanted. Coconut cookies to the room? Sure! Stella? A 12 pack appeared half hour later. And stayed on ice all week. Dinner planned for us at all of our favorites, at the exact time we wanted. Front row seats to everything, then drinks delivered. Surprise meet and greet with cast of MM. Set up a large dinner party for us. Lots of tips from him, so enjoyed the whole ship even more. Was especially entertained listening to his stories when we asked him questions about past requests.

Your surgeon is willing to release you for international travel 2 weeks after major surgery? No doctor I know would ever tell a patient before surgery that within 2 weeks of something this major you will able to travel internationally without a hospital within 15 minutes. Please speak to your support network of other people who have had this surgery about their first weeks and months post op. Its more than what you can and can not eat.

 

Do Not think for one minute that the physician on board is the same as a hospital. Think of it like a urgent care, anything to do with a very sick patient requires a evacuation. Gastric sleeve surgery complications are varied and many. It will cause a patient to become very ill rapidly fast. Normal post surgical pain and the meds to manage it can mask issues that are developing. I doubt the ship would allow you to board if they know you are this close to surgery.

 

Do not put your life at risk for a cruise no vacation is worth it period. Do you have trip insurance? if you have insurance it might cover you not traveling. If you don't have insurance and you have to be evacuated the cost will be astronomical for international treatment and transfers.

These are all very good points, and things to consider. I too have seen many complications from this particular surgical procedure, and while exceedingly rare, some can become life threatening extremely quickly. Rescue by air is very expensive, is not available everywhere, and some patients are not even candidates. Even if you do have trip insurance, I would make sure it covers complications from surgery within x period of time.

I thought about changing my surgery. The truth is I would have to start over on my deductible, which I have already met this year and that is more than the cruise price. I figure worst case scenario I eat eggs, yogurt & protein shakes, relax and enjoy the week off work, or if I don't feel up to it, stay home and miss the cruise.

 

Thanks for the advice, according to my Dr's plan I will be on soft foods and protein shakes.

Are you staying overnight in the hospital? If I recall correctly, I believe you said your surgery date was Dec 31. So, if you wind up staying past midnight you may very well trigger a new deductible anyway. Plus, any post-op complications may have the same financial result. You may also want to consider that Dec 31 this year is on a Saturday, and having elective surgery on a weekend, a Holiday weekend at that, is not something that I would personally do. (I work in the operating room, so know what goes on). I would postpone the surgery until after the cruise. In an attempt to keep his/her schedule full, the surgeon may give you some pushback on this, however- that is not an easy, run-of-the-mill day to fill, so they may tell you that you will have a very long wait to reschedule. Remember, you are the paying customer, and there are many surgeons doing this procedure, so the choice is yours.

Whatever you decide, I wish you a speed y recovery, and an amazing cruise!

Just got off Allure yesterday and attempted to use it. It only took a few minutes to complete the app and upload the information to our profile. However, when we kept trying to enter the departure info we got error messages saying the server wasn't available. You only have a four hours window to upload departure info and clear inspection.

 

We ended up going old school and from my observations of people who were using it there was no advantage. Maybe there is a learning curve and it might be faster in the future. We got off ship around 9:45 AM.

 

While there where lines specifically marked for it they were allowing non-users to use those lines also.

 

We had a flyer in our cabin explaining the entire process and it was only available for Apple users.

We had the exact same experience yesterday getting off the Allure (at about 9 am) and so did another couple we were with. Interesting, and hopefully it will improve with time. We ended up filling out the blue card.

Ian rocks! You must have a fabulous family that you are so close and raised such a confident young man that will "take one for the team." Glad it was such a good time for you, and that you will always cherish those memories.

Finder's keepers. ;)

Best. Reply. Ever!!!!!

Belongs on Poncho's list.

BTW, are you doing a b2b next week?

Extra zip top bag to fill with coconut ranger cookies... to get me through the plane ride home. ;) :D

Nice! Will pack extra bags for this. Thanks!

I assumed with the cost cutting of the pepper grinders they would go all out for this... [emoji15]

They were going to, but the bananas in a bowl by the ketchup and mayo complained.

Just arrived at the Hilton in FL right before 4 pm, looked out from the balcony, and saw it all unfold. Very cool! If I knew how to post pics to cc I would. I'm embarrassed that I haven't figured it out yet, but now I am def going to do it. Boarding the Allure on Sunday- cannot wait!

My post was a cut & paste from the RC website, therefore it is 100% accurate.

At least for today it is... tomorrow may be a different policy posted on their website.

What fun! Take lots of photos. We are boarding the Allure on Sunday- day late, dollar short, as they say. Would have loved to see this in person.

It's unfortunate you will have to miss that port, especially since they assured you that you wouldn't need a visa, but I'm glad they let you on the ship! I'm glad that I saw this because it lets me know that once I start cruising from non-US ports I'd better triple check whether I need a visa & not necessarily believe what the cruise line says since obviously their word can't be trusted!

 

 

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Amen. My thoughts exactly. I am thankful to th OP for bringing this to everyone's attention- I am pretty good at figuring out the rules and following them, but there is nothing wrong with triple checking. TY!

Thank you for the great review! Glad you had a good time overall; guess that's the important thing. I'm pretty adventurous and fearless, but think I would have been quite concerned about the tender back from Coco Cay. The video was quite telling. I am so glad you and everyone is safe, but it does remind me that things can go wrong, and I should take nothing for granted. May you live long and sail often, in good health!

I wonder how many folks will get that....

I loved that thread! Poncho was hysterical.

Did you not notice the keychain they left in your room, with a note saying that they were out of hats?

Actually, there is one that works really well-- it is located to the right of the bananas in a bowl next to the ketchup and mayo.

Thanks for sharing. Good to know! Some people put their devices in the stateroom safe. Yikes.

The safe is probably a good place to keep it- limited oxygen supply, fire would not be supported for long.

Praying for your vacation to go as planned.

 

6 days for me!

Jealous.... I hope you have an AMAZING cruise. Thanks for the prayers!

Thanks!

 

And just a side note, with a week to go, we finally received the "questionnaire". My wife wants to be on the deserted island with someone other than me though :)

That's ok; my husband wants me to bring wigs.

20 days til Allure- I think. My job now has this contingency that they can tell me at the very last minute if they need me to work that week, and I have to forfeit the vacation. I am SO sweating it. Any and all prayers appreciated!!!!! I need some amazing karma right about now.

Following- we sail with a genie in 3 weeks. Can't wait!

No alcohol other than wine can be pre ordered and you can't have it delivered on the ship either other than through room service.

You can pre-order wine through Royal Gifts and have it delivered to the cabin any day you prefer.